THE BALVENIE RELEASES LIMITED EDITION ‘PEATED CASK’ 17 YEAR OLD SINGLE MALT
David Stewart announces the launch of a new limited edition drink: The Balvenie Peated Cask aged seventeen years, an combination of single malt Scotch whiskies finished in peated casks and new American oak.
More than forty five years of experience gives David Stewart an expertise in single malt maturation and their newest release will be available from August 2010.
With a strong desire to experiment, David continues to look at the effects of age and wood upon The Balvenie spirit.
The Balvenie Peated Cask is the result of David’s latest work and retains The Balvenie’s traditional honeyed complexity, but introduces layers of rich spice and smoke on the nose and palate.
In 2001, a heavily peated batch of barley was bought from a local supplier and distilled at The Balvenie Distillery. The distilled liquid was allowed to mature until it was time to rejuvenate the maturation process and so the whisky was transferred to newly prepared traditional casks.
The casks that had originally held the peated liquid had taken on much of its character but were without purpose, until David decided to experiment by filling them with seventeen year old Balvenie for a short period.
The result was an intensely peaty whisky and by marrying this liquid with seventeen year old Balvenie finished in new American oak casks produced a complex single malt, spicy with layers of smokiness.
David Stewart commented: “In the crafting of The Balvenie Peated Cask, we wanted to explore the impact of peat and new American oak upon The Balvenie single malt.
What we have created is a wonderfully complex and unique whisky which is layered with spice and smoke whilst retaining the characteristic honeyed sweetness inherent to The Balvenie.”
The Balvenie Peated Cask will be available worldwide, from August 2010 at a RRP of £70
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